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 the word (others) used in the Act. But the proviso that this Act shall not extend to the adventurers makes it cleer.

If it doe, whether it indulgeth all the irregularityes afore mentioned?

I have perused the printed proposalls, and find nothing in them but such as may conduce to a good settlement.

23 Dec, 1658.

Conformable whereunto are the opinions of Mr Hide, Mr Allen, and Mr Mosyer.

When these things were at this pass, the Dr received the coppy of a strange libell issued against him at Dublyn, with news of great endeavour there to undoe him; and soone afterwards the following letter from the Councill, commanding his speedy repaire into Ireland; with the mention whereoff wee shall conclude this narrative, and begin that of the Doctors great tribulations, shortly following.

 

HE Doctors adversaryes in Ireland, having tryed a thousand stratagems to undoe him, sometimes by raising up one, sometimes another evill report; some times asserting one kind of crime, and sometimes another; sometimes accusing him before the Councill, sometimes causing him to be convened before the Generall and chief officers; then setting up a court in the green chamber at Dublyn, under the pretence of decideing controversyes betweene souldier and souldier; sometimes designing to trouble him at law, wherein they knew he had noe exsperience or dexterity to defend himselfe. And these things failing, they designed, as a pretended favour, to give him the command of a troope of horse, beleiving that, being noe souldier, he should soon fall into some miscarriage, for which they would disgrace or punish him at a court marshall of their owne packing; with many other secret stratagems which never came to